“I was an eyewitness to the horrifying events. Trantalis, Fort Lauderdale’s first openly gay mayor, initially called the incident “a terrorist attack against the LGBT community,” before clarifying his remarks Sunday to say the crash appears to be an accident. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who was also in attendance at the parade. “The early investigation now indicates it looks like it was a tragic accident, but nobody’s saying finally what it is,” Rolli told the AP in a phone interview.Ī white pickup truck ran over two people in Wilton Manors, Fla., a small community near Fort Lauderdale, before a Pride parade on Saturday, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured. Wilton Manors Vice Mayor Paul Rolli and Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also said early investigation into the crash shows it was an accident, according to The Associated Press. Wilton Manors Police Chief Gary Blocker told The Hill in an email the crash was “not a criminal act directed at anyone, or any group of individuals.” The fatal truck crash at a Pride parade in South Florida on Saturday appears to be an accident, according to officials, contrary to initial speculation it was a terrorist attack against the gay community.
